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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a joint press conference in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)

Rice tells Pakistan to act against militant threat

Pakistan came under pressure to respond to accusations over the Mumbai terror attacks when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, called for "resolve and urgency" in bringing those responsible to justice.

London Independent

Rice stops in India to defuse Mumbai tensions

NPR

Rice: Pakistan must cooperate fully

YouTube

Obama picks Richardson for commerce

President-elect Obama named another former campaign foe to his cabinet, choosing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his secretary of commerce.

MarketWatch

Richardson receives Commerce nod

CNN

UAW willing to change contract

The United Auto Workers said it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in loans from the government.

USA Today

GM workers face grim future

CBS News

Rising costs could push college out of reach for most Americans

The rising cost of college could put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to a National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report.

CNN

Paulson considers new plan to lower mortgage rates

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is considering a new plan to lower mortgage rates to resuscitate the U.S. housing market, a government official said.

Bloomberg

Fed survey offers bleak outlook

Financial Times

Report: Private sector loses 250,000 jobs

CNNMoney

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Bison wait in a corral during a roundup at the The Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Pawhuska, Okla. (Photo by Brandi Simons / AP)	South Korean kindergarteners sing carols during a charity concert in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)	Greenpeace pitches a huge globe-shaped tent on the edge of a coal-pit near Konin, central Poland. (Photo by Alik Keplicz / AP)

NATION

Biden: US must do more to halt spread of nuclear, bio weapons

The U.S. must do more to prevent weapons of mass destruction from spreading, Vice President-elect Joe Biden said about a congressional report.

Reuters

Police: Confrontation sparked Black Friday stampede

A competitive, no-cutting-in-line conflict between two large groups of shoppers helped to spark the Black Friday stampede that trampled a Wal-Mart worker to death, Nassau police said.

Newsday

US builds cases on dangerous detainees

The U.S. military launched a massive review to build cases against at least 5,000 detainees considered dangerous to keep them behind bars when Iraq's government assumes legal authority.

USA Today

POLITICS

Minn. Senate recount: Franken protests after Minneapolis pares vote total

Democrat Al Franken's campaign lodged a protest over 133 votes that it said could not be accounted for, resulting in Franken's losing of as many as 46 votes.

Star Tribune

Minnesota recount challenge

CNN

California Democrat, Becerra, considered for trade job

Rep. Xavier Becerra, who once declared U.S. trade policy was “broken completely,” has reportedly been offered the job as Barack Obama’s top trade official.

Bloomberg

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MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smart mobile can turn on heating

A system that could eventually control home heating, security cameras and curtains has been demonstrated by phone maker Nokia.

BBC

Vista SP2 beta out this week, final release by June

Beta versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 service pack 2 are available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, Microsoft announced.

PC World

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change now the main driver of natural disasters

Ministers from more than 40 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur to reduce the social and financial impact of natural disasters in the region.

Environment News Service

Antarctic penguin colonies to disappear?

Up to 75 percent of major Antarctic penguin colonies may disappear if climate change continues to heat up the continent, according to a recent report.

National Geographic

HEALTH

Consumers: Be wary of stem cell treatment ads

Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims.

LiveScience

More sleep for medical residents

To improve patient safety, medical residents should get at least five hours of sleep after working 16 hours, concludes a report.

USA Today

EDUCATION

'The world is moving past' US in higher ed

The United States made only modest gains since the early 1990s in preparing students for college, a report says. But other countries are advancing more quickly.

USA Today

Cheating on the rise in high schools

A new survey of American teenagers finds that academic dishonesty is rampant and getting worse at high schools.

U.S. News & World Report

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